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Friday, May 27, 2011

The Weekend in Black and White: Old Railroad coal building


This is an old railroad coal building in Thurmond, WV. Although no longer used it remains as a reminder of the past.
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15 comments:

Judy said...

Being from up further north and not having ever seen the coal mining area before. I was really fascinated by it all.

Cezar and Léia said...

Beautiful b&w composition!
Happy weekend dear Carver!
Léia

Maboe said...

I have never seen this before, interesting!

anemonen said...

Thank you for sharing this. I love to read about such things. Lovely photo too.

Rejen said...

Wonderful picture...;-D

Lucy Corrander : Photos said...

There seems to be a spurt of interest in deserted buildings at present - I hadn't realised there are so many . . . and they almost always provide lots of shape and interest.

Lucy

Lesley said...

I've never seen a coal mining area, either and my first impression was that this is one very tall building.

Dimple said...

I have seen similar buildings occasionally, but never was able to explain them. Perhaps they had the same use as this one!

Nice shot, it looks good in b/w.

Karen said...

A great composition. Love the overgrowth surrounding it.

Maria said...

That's an amazing barn! Love the old structures that have "seen" a lot of history!
Your sky watch photos are wonderful too. The green landscape against the bright blue sky and sprawling white clouds make these photos look like paintings!
*have a very happy weekend*
~Maria

Anonymous said...

West 'By God' Virginia coal country. You captured the mood well.

lina@home sweet home said...

Wow...looks amazing and classic!

Dragonstar said...

Fascinating building Carver. I'm surprised at how good it still looks. There's so much texture in those walls.

Indrani said...

B&W adds more moods to the image. Great image.

Horsoon said...

This reminds me of the old John Wayne movies :)

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